I've Never Been So Happy

For a rest day than I am today. For realz. I did some upper body strength and overall cardio yesterday, and my hip didn't hurt afterwards (success!) but today my arms are killing me! I guess that's what taking a week off does :-/

I'm also freaking exhausted, and was ready for bed around 10am this morning. blech.

Weekend went well. Date night on Friday turned into order food and go to some local bars because we did not plan on the restaurant being busy the Friday before V-day (silly), but it was still nice :-) We're opting to go this Friday instead, and earlier this time. I'm not a big Valentines person, so the day we celebrate doesn't matter to me, I'm just looking for a fancy date out. We could celebrate in April for all I care :-)

 Did not get my workout in on Saturday, instead I opted to go see the Vow with my friends (which I liked a lot more than I thought I would, and which also made me entirely depressed, like what a sad effing movie). I'm okay with my choice, my hip was hurting me, and I was in the mood for a lazy day, especially since I had blisters all over my feet from walking on Friday night, that counts for something, right? I also tracked all movie snacks, which is a total win.

Sunday I babysat, and hit the gym, as much as I didn't want to AT ALL. I procrastinated instead by following around my dog and taking pictures. And I spent some quality time with my mom/sister. Another bonus of going home and procrastinating? I found out my sister made a large amount of minestrone soup, and my mom was dying to get rid of it. The fabulous daughter I am, I took it off her hands :-) It was really thick, so I added some broth and slow cooked it with spinach for a bit when I got home. The results were amazing! I'm so excited for my lunches this week.

Here's my menu. Any breakfast Suggestions? I'm thinking about trying the microwave egg cups that hungry girl does, or I may check out pinterest for ideas. I need on the go options!

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	workout
Monday	yogurt/special k	minestrone soup	italian sausages	yoga/rest day
Tuesday	yogurt/special k	minestrone soup	steak and cheeses	gym-cardio
Wednesday	yogurt/special k	minestrone soup	shepherds pie	AM workout
Thursday	unsure	minestrone soup	chicken tikka masala	AM workout
Friday	unsure	minestrone soup	Fox And Hound Take 2	off
Saturday	egg, turkey bacon, toast	n/a, snacks	noodles?	video
Sunday	egg, toast	pre /post gym snack	home	gym- cardio, weights

I'm also incredibly ambitious this week and plan on getting up early 2 days to workout. Hopefully I follow through. I'm so excited for our menu though, I have a lot of good dinners to look forward to!

And to cheer up your Monday, Adventures with Toby:

Toby the Hunter

Oh hai Marie, um this is awkward, I figured since Mom turned your room into a storage arena, I could set up camp too...

Striking a pose, one paw 




2 pm naptime, time for me to go home. I think showing me all his things all day tired him out :-)

 

Musings

-The Walking Dead is an Amazing show. A-mazing. Matt and I stormed through the first two seasons in like a month. So addictive and Lost like, I love it!

-Nurse Jackie is a pretty BA show as well

-My gym isn't nearly as overcrowded as last year around this time, which is awesome. I know I should be happy for people getting fit and on board, but I think the experience is a lot more pleasurable when it isn't packed like sardines. There are a lot of new faces, and it's busy, but not crazy like last year. And it seems like all the girls who would sit on machines and talk on their phones (yes, this happened) decided to not join up this year. Which makes me happy.

-I peaked this morning and saw a number I really liked :-) which is inspiring me to drink gallons of water and stay OP today

-Resting was the best medicine. My hip feels ten times better. I did a lot of thinking over my mini rest break, and realized that I've always kind of had some slight hip pain after a workout, just not as intense as that was. So I'm focused on stretching, and making sure my posture is up to par. I ran 2.8 miles yesterday (20 min running, 20 min walking including the warm up and cool down, and the 5 minutes walking incline :-)) and while I ran I focused on how my feet fell. I realized that my right side was sort of swinging inwards when I landed, and I really made a point to run in a straight line. It helped :-)

-I worked out this morning for the first time in like 3 weeks, and it felt good. I'm energetic and feel awesome. Plus burning 345 calories doesn't hurt either :-) I may do it again tomorrow, so Saturday can be a total rest day/cleanupmyapartmentsoitslivable day :-)

-I need to start being as good at my WLJ after 8 and on weekends as I am during working hours. My goal for this weekend is to plan ahead. Here, my dears is my tentative meal plan for the weekend:

Saturday:

Breakfast: Wake up later, so banana/ workout?
Lunch: bacon egg and tomato sandwiches on sourdough bread (bread=3, egg=4 turkey bacon= 2, mozzarella cheese=2 not too shabby)
Dinner: Skinny chicken parm with linguine

Sunday-
Breakfast: egg and cheese on english muffin
Lunch: Small post workout snack, probably a banana/piece of fruit, maybe some cheese
Dinner:superbowl snacks! It's just us, so as of right now our menu includes:
- buffalo/bbq wings (baked)
-homemade nachos
-cheese and crackers (I may try and jazz this up a bit, make a dip or something)

Lots of snacky foods, but also ones that aren't awful for us! I'm so excited, and also plan on having a few beers to celebrate :-) Go Pats! I have a strong hatred for the Giants based on nothing involving football, and everything involving the team bringing up a memory of a person I'm not particularly fond of, and her ridiculous attitude about her favorite team. So To see them destroy the Giants would be just fabulous :-)

Back on Board

So on Saturday my hip was bugging me a bit. I did some yoga, put on some icy hot, and drank some wine (ok that wasn't for the hip pain). I woke up on Sunday and wanted to cry it hurt so much (ok I did cry). It's just so frustrating, because I didn't do anything out of the normal. On Saturday I did level 2 of Jillian Michael's ripped in 30. There are no outrageous moves in that one (they come in level 3), and I focused on my posture. I made sure to extra stretch out at the end, and was pretty mellow for the rest of the day. So in short, I have no idea what caused it.

What I do know is that I ate my feelings yesterday. I was in constant pain all day and consoled myself in the form of potato chips, spaghetti o's, bread, and donut bites. I felt awful last night as I sat there eating the chocolate pie my mom sent me home with, like I was such a loser for not even trying yesterday. I'm over it, I've moved on, and am looking at the positives. I didn't have fries with my burger last night. I took the breading out of the roll to make it thinner, and healthier. I chose the smallest burger for myself, and finally, I took  a long walk with the puppy (which he loved) instead of just sitting on the couch all day, since I couldn't work out.

And I'm being hard on myself, I didn't eat that much, it was more the reason that I kept on eating that bothers me so much. Moving on, I'm back OP and plan on staying here all week. also, my hip feels a lot better today. Not perfect, but a lot better. I plan on doing a yoga video tonight to get some activity in. Hopefully giving myself a few rest days and taking it easy at the gym will make a difference (I may skip the moves and just focus on my upper body with my weight workouts), and this pesky pain will go away. I won't lie, I'm nervous as to what it could be. But we're not going to think about that right now. As long as it goes away in the next few days, I'm sure it'll be fine. And if it doesn't (or if it comes back), I'll make an appointment with my doctor.

To finish, my meal plan for the week:

Plan for week
	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	workout
Monday	waffles with 1/4c light syrup,	LO meatballs with 1 slice sourdough bread	beef tacos	yoga
Tuesday	banana chocolate chip muffins!	stuffed pepper soup	teriyaki chicken	hopefully gym
Wednesday	banana chocolate chip muffins!	stuffed pepper soup	steak, brussell sprouts, baked potato	hopefully gym
Thursday	banana chocolate chip muffins!	stuffed pepper soup	CYSFD buffalo wontons	AM workout
Friday	banana chocolate chip muffins!	n/a	burgers	gym- cardio, weights
Saturday	egg, toast	pre /post gym snack	taco salad	off
Sunday	egg, toast	pre /post gym snack	superbowl!	gym- cardio, weights

I'm doing a lot of cooking/baking tonight, which should make me feel OP. I'm also extremely excited for Thursday night's dinner, let me tell you :-)